Association of Lymph Node Status With Survival in Patients After Liver Resection for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma in an Italian Multicenter Analysis
Author(s) -
Felice Giuliante,
Francesco Ardito,
Alfredo Guglielmi,
Luca Aldrighetti,
Alessandro Ferrero,
Fulvio Calise,
Stefano Maria Giulini,
Elio Jovine,
Claudio Breccia,
Agostino Maria De Rose,
Antonio Daniele Pinna,
Gennaro Nuzzo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1769
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph node , retrospective cohort study , hepatectomy , resection , odds ratio , cohort , gastroenterology , surgery
The prognostic value of lymph node (LN) assessment after liver resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HC) is still controversial, and the number of LNs required to be removed to obtain adequate staging is not well defined.
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